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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 96, No. 6

Article | May 01, 1940

THE EFFECT OF METRAZOL ADMINISTRATION ON PROLONGED REFUSAL OF FOOD IN THE PSYCHOSES

SERGE ANDROP

Am J Psychiatry 1940;96:1407-1411.

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The Spring Grove Hospital, Catonsville, Md.

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1. Four cases are presented in which metrazol therapy was successful in inducing a resumption of eating after prolonged refusal of food.2. Fear, anxiety and apprehension play a determining role in the treatment with metrazol of obstinate refusal of food in the psychoses.

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